โ Scribed by Philip Gwynne Jones
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It's the night of 12 November 2019. The worst flooding in 50 years hits the city of Venice. 85% of La Serenissima is underwater. Gale force winds roar across the lagoon and along the narrow streets. And the body of Dr Jennifer Whiteread- a young British art historian, specialising in the depiction of angels in Venetian painting - is found floating in a flooded antique bookshop on the Street of the Assassins.
As the local police struggle to restore order to a city on its knees, Nathan Sutherland - under pressure from the British Ambassador and distraught relatives - sets out into the dark and rain-swept streets in an attempt to discover the truth behind Whiteread's death.
The trail leads to the "Markham Foundation", a recent and welcome addition to the list of charities working to preserve the ancient city. Charming, handsome and very, very rich, Giles Markham is a well-known and popular figure in the highest Venetian social circles, and has the ear of both the Mayor and the Patriarch.
But a man with powerful friends may also have powerful enemies. And Nathan is about to learn that, in Venice at least, angels come in many forms - merciful, fallen and vengeful...
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Faksmile edition of edition Wieland & Co., London 1912.
A delightful book for young children about those invisible beings ---angels. The book will teach children that angels area all around us and are here to protects. It will teach them about obedience, worship, and rejoicing in our wonderful God.
A delightful book for young children about those invisible beings ---angels. The book will teach children that angels area all around us and are here to protects. It will teach them about obedience, worship, and rejoicing in our wonderful God.